Science

The federal government plans to regulate a number of different sectors to fight climate change. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq says Canada will cut emissions to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. She says that’s fair and ambitious, and balances protection of the environment and the economy.

An Opah fish was discovered by scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to be the Pacific Ocean’s first fully warm-blooded fish. The silvery fish, roughly the size of a large automobile tire, is known from oceans around the world and dwells hundreds of feet beneath the surface in chilly, dimly lit waters. It swims by rapidly flapping its …

A Giant squid has been found washed up on a beach in New Zealand, measuring in at more than two metres long. The town’s marine centre and aquarium posted pictures of the giant squid on its Facebook page, as well as details of its size.

For the first time, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto’s five known moons.

Zebra and Quagga Mussels have been recently discovered in Lake Winnipeg, but these invasive species have not made their way into Saskatchewan’s aquatic systems.

Oregon’s ‘Lost Lake’ disappearing because a lava tube is swallowing the water. A video that made it online late last month and that has since been making the rounds shows what appears to be a pond of sorts being swallowed by a fairly big hole in the ground.

Scientists from the University of British Columbia have discovered that the largest animals alive – whales – have nerves in their tongues that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The stretchy nerves explain how the massive whales are able to balloon an immense pocket between their body wall and overlying blubber to capture prey during …

Scientists looking in the Central China mountains have discovered a new bird species living in a grassy region. The bird has been dubbed the Sichuan Bush Warbler as reported in the Avian Research journal.

The sky above San Diego, California was a hot topic Tuesday after a series of strange lights were spotted flashing in the sky.

San Francisco – A sea lion was found on the streets of San Francisco Thursday morning and was quickly taken to an area marine mammal shelter.

SeaWorld San Diego was cited by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health division for not showing employees how to “safely interact with killer whales,” Cal/OSHA announced.